Darren's Occasional Nugget 09/21/2007

[Darren]

Hi all,

Another one of my favorite LabVIEW 8.5 features is the new "Connector pane terminals default to Required" option in Tools > Options:

Enabling this option causes any new connection of a control (except error controls) on your connector pane to have the "Required" wiring rule.  Here's a screenshot of this new feature in action:

When I wired Numeric, Numeric 2, and Numeric 3 to the connector pane, they were all set to Required automatically.  I really appreciate this feature, because I can't even count the number of times I've had to debug a problem in the past where the cause was the simple fact that I had forgotten to wire an input on one of my own VIs. 

-D

P.S. - Check out past nuggets here.

Message Edited by Darren on 09-21-2007 05:38 PM

[Matthew_Kelton]

I was just thinking yesterday they should make this an option.

[parthabe]

Superb feature !

[Gabi1]

Thanks Darren. i cant wait to get my hand on the 8.5 (so slow IT department i have...).  Just this and the stop in For loop, already worth the update !

[Ben]

This option is way over-due!

Thanks NI for implementing this!

Thank you Darren for sharing!

Ben

[Steve.Briggs]

Very nice.

That is useful in so many ways.

I've been disconnected from the technological world since the middle of August, but LabVIEW 8.5?!?!

As soon as I feel caught up with 8.2, that warm, fuzzy feeling is taken away by 8.5

[parthabe]

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@Steve.Briggs wrote:

As soon as I feel caught up with 8.2, that warm, fuzzy feeling is taken away by 8.5

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Steve,

If I understand you correctly, 8.5 is better than 8.2, I think... I tried both the evaluations.

[BillMe]

I've been using the HECK out of that feature. No more WTFs...well, certainly not as many as before....